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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 414 -
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO OVERSEE THE
PROGRESSION OF THE PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (AIDT)
WHEREAS,
the Philippines seeks to attain its vision of a newly industrializing
country by the year 2000 through the twin strategies of global
competitiveness and people empowerment;
WHEREAS, in pursuing this vision, the Philippine government should
develop and strengthen its industries to be internationally competitive;
WHEREAS, the fashion industry is now faced with stiff competition in
the global markets and will have to improve its global competitive
position by upgrading its technologies and manpower skills;
WHEREAS, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is empowered to
develop the capabilities of industry to upgrade the quality of products
according to competitive international standards;
WHEREAS, in response to new world developments, the DTI sees the need
to establish a fashion design and technology institute that will
develop the Philippine’s fashion industry’s human and technical
resources in the files of design, pattern making, manufacturing
technology, merchandising and export marketing;
WHEREAS, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a state university
of New York, and an internationally recognized institute in the field
of art and design, business and technology, has assisted developing
countries such as India and Brazil in establishing and later
strengthening their respective institutes of design and technology;
WHEREAS, the FIT has extended its assistance to the DTI by allowing its
faculty and experts to undertake the initial studies that will lead to
the establishment of an Asian Institute of Design and Technology in
Manila and to conduct training programs designed to upgrade the
professional skills of the fashion industry workforce at subsidized
rates;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to progress the plan to establish the
AIDT into its implementation stage and to continue the conduct of the
training programs which will help build up systems and programs that
upgrade the technical skills of the fashion industry’s manpower within
the next three years;
WHEREAS, the Technical Education and Skills Authority (TESDA) was
vested with the primary responsibility of formulating continuing
coordinated and fully integrated technical education and skills
development policies and was also empowered to review and recommend
action to concerned authorities on proposed technical assistance
programs for technical education or skills development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
authorize the Department of Trade and Industry for a period of three
years, to oversee the progression of the plan and implementation of
establishing the Asian Institute of Design and Technology.
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Sec. 2.
Sec. 3. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Seven.
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